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2022 Stellar Awards – Jekalyn Carr & Kierra Sheard as Hosts
2022 Stellar Awards – Jekalyn Carr & Kierra Sheard: Central City Productions has announced the nominees for the 37th Stellar Gospel Music Awards, the annual celebration of outstanding gospel music.
The Stellar Awards returns to Atlanta for the live taped ceremony at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center on Saturday, July 16, as part of an illustrious weekend of events that will include a special announcement about the upcoming launch of the Stellar TV Network.
Stellar Award-winning artists Jekalyn Carr and Kierra Sheard-Kelly will co-host this year’s event, which will air on BET, BET HER and BET International in August and will be syndicated in various local markets across the country between August 13-13 will be September 11th.
The 37th Stellar Gospel Music Awards will feature performances by Tye Tribbett, Marvin Sapp, Maranda Curtis, Ricky Dillard, Kelontae Gavin, Rudy Currence, Chrisette Michele, DOE, James Fortune, Jason Nelson, Travis Greene, Darrel Walls and Jor’Dan Armstrong be visible .
Leading this year’s nominations is gospel music legend CeCe Winans, widely considered the best-selling gospel artist of all time. Winans has a total of 9 nominations, including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Albertina Walker Artist of the Year, all of which stem from her critically acclaimed album Believe For It.
Pastor Mike, Jr., the 2021 Stellar Award winner for Artist of the Year received a total of 8 nominations including Producer of the Year, Artist of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year.
Linked to “I Got It: Single’s Ministry Vol 1”. 2018 James Cleveland Lifetime Achievement Award winner Tamela Mann, Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music and Todd Dulaney received all 6 nominations, with Mali Music receiving an additional nomination for a feature in a separate project.
Kelontae Gavin received 5 nominations. Other artists with multiple nominations for this year’s Stellar Awards include Maverick City Music, Israel Houghton, Ricky Dillard, E. Dewey Smith, and Jason Clayborn, who each received 4 nominations.
“Gospel music has encouraged millions of people through more than two unrelenting years of the pandemic, and the Stellar Awards will once again help to celebrate and recognize the artists who bless us with their inspiring sounds,” said Don Jackson, Chairman and CEO of Central City Productions, who created the Stellar Awards.
“Those who love black, faith- and family-centric programming can look forward to both the Stellar Awards and all that our Stellar TV Network has to offer when it premieres in September.”
The Stellar Gospel Music Awards also recognizes industry titans who continue to create a legacy of excellence that reaches and influences the masses, both inside and outside the gospel genre.
Six-time Grammy Award-winning hitmaker and producer Aaron Lindsey receives the Aretha Franklin Icon Award, presented by Aflac, and renowned choirmaster and recording artist Ricky Dillard receives the James Cleveland Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Toyota.
The Ambassador Dr. Bobby Jones Legends Award presented to Candi Staton, a music pioneer who has been a captivating gospel artist for nearly seven decades.
The Stellar Gospel Music Awards are proud to be presented by AT&T Dream in Black this year. This year’s sponsors also include Proctor & Gamble (P&G), Walmart, State Farm, Toyota, McDonald’s – Black & Positively Golden and Aflac. The Stellar Gospel Music Awards are also proud to partner with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Spotify.
For a full list of nominees and more updates, follow The Stellar Awards on social media – @thestellars on Instagram and Twitter and Stellar Gospel Music Awards on Facebook – and visit the Stellar Awards website.
